“Thinly sliced smoked sausage is quickly sauteed and then simmered with colorful bell peppers, fragrant onions and a touch of ready-made sweet and sour sauce. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper and as much hot pepper sauce as your tongue can take. ”

We have a full kitchen at work and twice a week I make something in the crock pot. I double this recipe and use the full recipe for Wow sweet and sour sauce with the addition of a tbs of Thai sweet chili sauce and a can of pineapple chunks.
I brown the sausage, chop the vegetables and toss it in a 6 at crock on low for 4 hrs and serve wit a side of pasta and rice so people can have their choice.
It gets destroyed every time I make it.

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Gotta love a recipe that is quick and easy yet everyone cleans their plates! I know the recipe states this takes 50 min. to make but I know it did not take me that long. I sauteed the onions and peppers first, then added the sliced sausage without cooking it separately first. That seems unnecessary to me. I added a little more sweet & sour to have a sauce for rice. I did add pineapple at the end but I liked it better without, like the original recipe. The kids loved the sweet pineapple though! Great recipe.

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I have made this a couple of times! My whole family loves it! I don't add the pepper, because I have kids that don't do spice! I do add about 8oz of sweet and sour sauce but I also add extra sausage, I don't like green bell pepper so I use red, orange, and yellow! I've even used the left over on sandwiches for my husband the next day! (French rolls)

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Did what another suggested for homemade sweet and sour sauce:
Combine 1/3 c. rice vinegar, 4 Tbsp brown sugar, 1 Tbsp ketchup, and 1 tsp soy sauce in small saucepan and bring to boil. Mix 2 tsp cornstarch with 4 teaspoons water and stir into boiling sauce mixture to thicken. Makes 1/2 cup sauce
we added pinapple chunks twards the end of the veggies simmering alone. Its so good and i like the smoky flavor the sausage gives it. served it on a bed of steamed rice

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I've tried the recipe twice already - once straight "from the stabble yard cat" and another with a twist. They both came out alright, although I must say that I prefer it the original fashion; the problem being those who've tasted them both and voted for my version -go figure! Anyway, pretty good all in all. As for the twist, I added crumbles of "alheira" - a Portuguese smoked sausage - in the end and used my own, home made, Chinese plump sauce.

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I don't think I would have even tasted 2 Tablespoons of sweet and sour sauce; I added the entire 10oz jar and it came out perfect for me. I didn't add any hot spice because I used a cajun-spiced smoked sausage. Really easy to make. Just my style of cooking. I disagree with this fat content rating. Is it the sweet and sour? Other similar recipes here using smoked sausage have less than half the fat of this. As an aside, I took a taste of this before adding the s&s - delicious on it's own!

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This turned out really yummy! I did do a few things different though.
1. I left out the butter.
2. I added more sweet and sour sauce then the recipe called for. I used a 10 oz jar of La Choy.
3. I added a can of drained pineapple.
4. I put it all in the crock pot on low for 8 hours.
The sauce was a bit on the thin side so I ladled some of it into a measuring cup and then whisked in 5 tablespoons of flour. I then added the thickened sauce back to the crock pot. I served this with instant brown rice and it was a huge hit!

My family loved this! Instead of purchased sweet and sour sauce, I cooked my own using a recipe from this website. I added additional bell pepper and onion and it still wasn't enough. In addition, I added a large can of pineapple tidbits. Served it over rice...delicious! (Don't be afraid to add other veggies-I wished I had had carrots.)